Cast iron

group of iron-carbon alloys

alloy of iron and carbon

variety of small blast furnace used for melting pig iron or scrap for foundry purposes

type of cast iron

cast as white iron, the structure being a metastable carbide in a pearlitic matrix. Through an annealing heat treatment, the brittle structure as first cast is transformed into the malleable form

thumb|375px|A pair of simple wrought-iron andirons, 1780s, America thumb|375px|A drawing of andirons in use thumb|375px|French, late 18th century. Gilt-bronze fronts, with [[wrought iron behind]]

cookware valued for heat retention properties

iron fish, heated when cooking food, used against iron deficiency

type of architecture

piece of heavy cast iron

cast-iron crock